It is scarcely necessary to dwell on the scenes that occurred between the time I first sprang from the earth and that in which I was pulled. The latter was a me... » 

It is scarcely necessary to dwell on the scenes that occurred between the time I first sprang from the earth and that in which I was pulled. The latter was a melancholy day for me however arriving prematurely as regarded my vegetable state since it was early determined that I was to be spun into threads of unusual fineries I will only say here that my youth was a period of innocent pleasures during which my chief delight was to exhibit my simple but beautiful flowers in honor of the hand that gave them birth. It is scarcely necessary to dwell on the scenes that occurred between the time I first sprang from the earth and that in which I was pulled. The latter was a melancholy day for me however arriving prematurely as regarded my vegetable state since it was early determined that I was to be spun into threads of unusual fineries I will only say here that my youth was a period of innocent pleasures during which my chief delight was to exhibit my simple but beautiful flowers in honor of the hand that gave them birth. «